The second half of the book has a lot of twists and turns in it. The first big one is when Dorian kills Basil. Dorian blamed Basil for all of the problems that Dorian has had in his life because of the portrait. He killed Basil in the room at the top of the stairs where Dorian has hidden the picture. Dorian has so many morally wrong deeds in his life that any person that saw the original picture would know that it has changed. Dorian has lost some of his youthful beauty and you can tell that the picture has some deviant wrinkles and gray hair is creeping its way in as well. Basil decides that he is going to move to Paris to paint there, but catches Dorian on his way home. Basil asks to see the painting and is a pest about it, till Dorian finally concedes. Basil asks Dorian about these terrible rumors Dorian kept a knife in the upstairs room, because he was going to stab the picture. he ends up stabbing and killing Basil instead. He calls his friend Allen Campbell to come destroy the evidence, including the body, because Allen was a scientist that had the chemicals necessary to do the job; plus he owed Dorian a favor.
I know that killing Basil made Dorian feel better about his situation, but Dorian got himself in his mess of problems, not Basil. If anything it just created more problems for Dorian because he has that guilt hanging over hes head and it causes Allen Campbell's suicide some time later. Later in the book Dorian goes to an opium bar in the slums on the outskirts of town. The whores and waitresses refer to him there as " Prince Charming". This was the nickname that Sybil had given for Dorian to her family, because she didn't want them to know his name. One of the people sitting in the bar was a sailor named James Vane, and he is Sybil's brother. He swore to Sybil before he left on a voyage that if this Prince Charming guy ever did anything to her, that he would hunt the guy down and kill him. James pretty much jumps Dorian, says hi I'm Sybil's brother and I'm gonna kill you before Dorian knows whats going on. In his defence, Dorian says that this person knew your sister eighteen years ago, and I'm only twenty, so I must not be this person. James, in his drunken stupor, lets Dorian leave, just as a waitress walks up and tells James that that man has been coming to this bar for over eighteen years and hasn't aged a day since then.
Then, James starts to just pop up places and scaring the poop out of Dorian, a t friends homes and parties, even at his own home. One evening at one of Dorian's gatherings, they decide to host a shooting party.A man gets mistaken in the bushes for a rabbit, and Dorian just dismisses it as a dumb servant who wasn't paying attention to the warning to stay back off of the shooting range. Dorian is kind of worried that it is a bad omen, but it turns out that the man shot and killed was James Vane!
Weeks later Dorian comes to Henry, saying that he pretty much hates his corrupted life and wants to reform and be good. Henry laughs him off and commends him of his exquisite life and never aging beauty. Henry also tells him that this little yellow book that he gave Dorian in the first half on the novel is very corruptive and that Dorian should never EVER give that book to others. This is one of those WTF moments in the novel. Why would Henry have given the book to Dorian if he knew its terrible hold on the weak minded? This book exposed Dorian to the ideals and philosophies that caused the ruination of his soul. And this didn't just happen months after Dorian got the book; this was multiple decades later. Dorian was obsessed with this book; he even had it bound in every color so he could read it no matter his mood. Like I said earlier, the King of Corruption is the root problem in Dorian's life. Dorian eventually kills himself by stabbing the painting with the knife that he used to kill Basil (ha ha ironic).
Despite the fact that this was a required reading book and I usually hate required reading, I really enjoyed this book. Henry is a trip in and of himself, and the ironic turns and interesting lifestyles of the characters really provide for an enjoyably read.
I know that killing Basil made Dorian feel better about his situation, but Dorian got himself in his mess of problems, not Basil. If anything it just created more problems for Dorian because he has that guilt hanging over hes head and it causes Allen Campbell's suicide some time later. Later in the book Dorian goes to an opium bar in the slums on the outskirts of town. The whores and waitresses refer to him there as " Prince Charming". This was the nickname that Sybil had given for Dorian to her family, because she didn't want them to know his name. One of the people sitting in the bar was a sailor named James Vane, and he is Sybil's brother. He swore to Sybil before he left on a voyage that if this Prince Charming guy ever did anything to her, that he would hunt the guy down and kill him. James pretty much jumps Dorian, says hi I'm Sybil's brother and I'm gonna kill you before Dorian knows whats going on. In his defence, Dorian says that this person knew your sister eighteen years ago, and I'm only twenty, so I must not be this person. James, in his drunken stupor, lets Dorian leave, just as a waitress walks up and tells James that that man has been coming to this bar for over eighteen years and hasn't aged a day since then.
Then, James starts to just pop up places and scaring the poop out of Dorian, a t friends homes and parties, even at his own home. One evening at one of Dorian's gatherings, they decide to host a shooting party.A man gets mistaken in the bushes for a rabbit, and Dorian just dismisses it as a dumb servant who wasn't paying attention to the warning to stay back off of the shooting range. Dorian is kind of worried that it is a bad omen, but it turns out that the man shot and killed was James Vane!
Weeks later Dorian comes to Henry, saying that he pretty much hates his corrupted life and wants to reform and be good. Henry laughs him off and commends him of his exquisite life and never aging beauty. Henry also tells him that this little yellow book that he gave Dorian in the first half on the novel is very corruptive and that Dorian should never EVER give that book to others. This is one of those WTF moments in the novel. Why would Henry have given the book to Dorian if he knew its terrible hold on the weak minded? This book exposed Dorian to the ideals and philosophies that caused the ruination of his soul. And this didn't just happen months after Dorian got the book; this was multiple decades later. Dorian was obsessed with this book; he even had it bound in every color so he could read it no matter his mood. Like I said earlier, the King of Corruption is the root problem in Dorian's life. Dorian eventually kills himself by stabbing the painting with the knife that he used to kill Basil (ha ha ironic).
Despite the fact that this was a required reading book and I usually hate required reading, I really enjoyed this book. Henry is a trip in and of himself, and the ironic turns and interesting lifestyles of the characters really provide for an enjoyably read.
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